A used car dealership in Spartanburg County was victimized Monday by catalytic converter thieves, the second time in less than a week.The owner of Joe Ponders Used Cars on South Main Street in Cowpens called deputies after they found five catalytic converters cut off of vehicles Tuesday morning.Deputies said that the converters were removed from a 2003 BMW Model Z3, a 2006 Honda Accord, a 2005 Kia Sportage, a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer and a 2005 Kia Amanti.On Dec. 29, thieves removed catalytic converters from a 2006 Hyundai Sonata, a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, a 2006 Volkswagen Beetle, a 2005 Honda Accord, a 2004 Honda Element, a 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse, a 2003 Buick Century and a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero.Ponder's has a video surveillance system monitoring the sales lot that shows two people stealing the converters. One of them used a cordless reciprocating saw and a bottle jack he used to lift the vehicles.The video will be added to this page later in the day.

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —

A used car dealership in Spartanburg County was victimized Monday by catalytic converter thieves, the second time in less than a week.

The owner of Joe Ponders Used Cars on South Main Street in Cowpens called deputies after they found five catalytic converters cut off of vehicles Tuesday morning.

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Deputies said that the converters were removed from a 2003 BMW Model Z3, a 2006 Honda Accord, a 2005 Kia Sportage, a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer and a 2005 Kia Amanti.

Ponder's has a video surveillance system monitoring the sales lot that shows two people stealing the converters. One of them used a cordless reciprocating saw and a bottle jack he used to lift the vehicles.